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    What is the highest number of moves ever recorded in a game of chess without a single piece being captured?

    Question #617. Asked by Neil. (Apr 04 00 2:07 PM)


    dave_fl

    		dave_fl says:

    The longest delay of a capture of a piece or pawn is 57 moves, played by Chajes-Grunfeld, Carlsbad 1923. The game took over 15 hours and lasted 121 moves.
    SOURCE:
    http://misc.traveller.com/chess/trivia/c.html

    Tue Apr 04 09:38:57 CDT 2000 (Delete Entry)
    (Reposted to fix link - McG)

    Apr 07 02, 1:52 AM

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